Kaithal district
Kaithal district | ||
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Vidhan Sabha constituencies 4 | | |
| Website | http://kaithal.gov.in/ | |
Kaithal district is one of the 22
town is the district headquarters.This district came into existence on 1 November 1989.
Divisions
Kaithal district comprises four
Kurukshetra Lok Sabha constituency
.
Demographics
| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
|---|---|---|
| 1951 | 227,168 | — |
| 1961 | 334,804 | +3.95% |
| 1971 | 461,897 | +3.27% |
| 1981 | 646,566 | +3.42% |
| 1991 | 781,814 | +1.92% |
| 2001 | 946,131 | +1.93% |
| 2011 | 1,074,304 | +1.28% |
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According to the
640).[6] The district has a population density of 463 inhabitants per square kilometre (1,200/sq mi) .[6] Its population growth rate over the decade 2001-2011 was 13.39%.[6] Kaithal has a sex ratio of 880 females for every 1000 males,[6] and a literacy rate of 70.6%. Scheduled Castes make up 23.04% of the population.[6]
Languages
At the time of the
2011 Census of India, 61.85% of the population in the district spoke Haryanvi, 26.48% Hindi and 10.42% Punjabi as their first language.[10]
Ancient sites
Theh Polar, the ancient site from the
Saraswati river 10 km north of Kaithal on Kaithal-Siwan road. Pulastya rishi - one of the ten Prajapati and one of the mind-born sons of Brahma[11]
and also an ancestor of
Mughal period.[12]
There are 3 large archaeological mounds, 2 are 480x635x15.5 ft and third is 779x690x10 ft. In 1933-34, these mounds were partially excavated by H.L. Srivastava who found 465 artifacts including coins, clay seals, beads, pottery, copper vessels, etc. Earlier era punch-marked silver coins have symbols of
Indo-Sassanian (230-365 CE), Hindu Shahis
(822-1026 CE) coins of the bull and
horseman, early Mughal period copper and silver coins.[12]
See also
References
- Department of Road Transport and Highways. Archived from the original(PDF) on 1 February 2016. Retrieved 3 April 2012.
- ^ "Basic Statistics". Official Website of Kaithal Administration. Archived from the original on 13 September 2017. Retrieved 13 August 2017.
- ^ "History". Kaithal District. Archived from the original on 7 April 2018.
- ^ "District Wise Assembly Constituencies" (PDF). Chief Electoral Officer, Haryana website. Archived from the original (PDF) on 21 July 2011. Retrieved 28 April 2011.
- ^ Decadal Variation In Population Since 1901
- ^ a b c d e f "District Census 2011". Census2011.co.in. 2011. Retrieved 30 September 2011.
- ^ US Directorate of Intelligence. "Country Comparison:Population". Archived from the original on 13 June 2007. Retrieved 1 October 2011.
Cyprus 1,120,489 July 2011 est.
- ^ "2010 Resident Population Data". U. S. Census Bureau. Archived from the original on 17 August 2011. Retrieved 30 September 2011.
Rhode Island 1,052,567
- ^ "Table C-01 Population by Religion: Haryana". censusindia.gov.in. Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India.
- ^ a b "Table C-16 Population by Mother Tongue: Haryana". Census of India. Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India..
- ^ Kisari Mohan Ganguli (1883 - 1896). "The Mahabharata". Sacred texts.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ a b Monuments & Sites in Haryana, Archaeological Survey Of India, page 34-35.
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